At first he had seen nothing but some very small panes; but at last, through these panes, his eyes could distinguish a face so pretty, eyes so blue and so full of the pleasure that Blanche was experiencing, that the young man had remained motionless, his looks fixed upon that window, near which the charming apparition remained.
— from The Barber of Paris by Paul de Kock

And even as she protested her eyes closed drowsily, and she snuggled back in the warm blankets, and was asleep again in five minutes.
— from By Blow and Kiss: The Love Story of a Man with a Bad Name. (Published serially under the title Unstable as Water). by Boyd Cable

F ICSUR shambles from place to place, his eyes cast down as if he were searching for something on the floor.
— from Liliom: A Legend in Seven Scenes and a Prologue by Ferenc Molnár

He put his ear close down, and held it for a minute, to get the pulsation of the heart.
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

He gave one long affectionate look at the young girl, who had risen from her seat and was standing near the piano, her eyes cast down, and with the same calm expressionless look on her face; then he went up to his mother and kissed her hand.
— from For Sceptre and Crown: A Romance of the Present Time. Vol. 1 (of 2) by Gregor Samarow

Baker put his ear close down, and heard him say: "Tell mother—and die—for my country."
— from The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth by George Alfred Townsend